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...The IMF on Tuesday said it expected UK inflation to drop from 7.3 per cent last year to 2.5 per cent in 2024 and 2 per cent next year....
...Given sluggish demand in the UK, this should leave the BoE on track to start easing interest rates from a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent later this year, the IMF said....
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...The BoE now expects inflation to fall slightly below its 2 per cent target in the second quarter of the year, as wage growth slows....
...It posted a 6.8 per cent rise in retail sales, excluding fuel, to £30.6bn for the year to March 2....
...This could allow the BoE to start cutting interest rates from their current 16-year high of 5.25 per cent from June onwards, even if the US Federal Reserve took longer to loosen policy....
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